College hockey: UMass Lowell blanks RPI

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RPI dropped a 4-0 decision to UMass Lowell on Friday.

LOWELL, Mass. — Fifteenth-ranked UMass Lowell scored twice in the first period Friday and cruised to a 4-0 men’s college hockey victory over RPI in the first round of the Turkey Leg Classic at Tsongas Center.

Zach Kaiser opened the scoring for the River Hawks (8-3-4) less than four minutes into the game. Jon McDonald made it a two-goal lead with 13:22 left in the period.

After a scoreless second period, Connor Sodergren sealed the win for UMass Lowell in the third. He scored 1:57 into the period, and added a second goal with 5:30 left.

River Hawks goalie Tyler Wall stopped 23 shots to earn the shutout.

RPI goalie Linden Marshall made 21 saves.

The Engineers travel to Merrimack for the second round of the Turkey Leg Classic tonight at 7.

RPI 0 0 0 — 0
UMass Lowell 2 0 2 — 4
First Period — 1, UMass Lowell, Kaiser 4 (Berglund, Brown), 3:51. 2, UMass Lowell, McDonald 2 (O’Neill, Levesque), 6:38 (pp). Penalties — DiGrande, RPI (roughing), 4:27; Polino, RPI (slashing), 6:21; McDonald, UML (hooking), 12:12; Condotta, UML (tripping), 15:06.
Second Period — None. Penalties — O’Neill, UML (high-sticking), :55; Kaiser, UML (holding), 13:06; Linden, RPI (interference), 16:50.
Third Period — 3, UMass Lowell Sodergren 2 (Lee, Levesque), 1:57. 4, UMass Lowell, Sodergren 3 (Lee), 14:30. Penalties — DiGrande, RPI (boarding), 9:59; Baxter, UML (slashing), 16:02.
Shots on Goal — RPI 5-8-10 — 23. UMass Lowell 11-7-7 — 25.
Power-play opportunities — RPI 0 of 5; UMass Lowell 1 of 4.
Goalies — RPI, Marshall 2-2-0 (25 shots-21 saves). UMass Lowell, Wall 8-2-4 (23-23).
A — 3,512. T — 2:07.
Referees — Matt Riegert, Steven Rouillard. Linesmen — Brendan Kelleher, Kyle Richetelle.

Women

MERCYHURST 4, UNION 3 (OT)

ERIE, Pa. — Summer-Rae Dobson scored 36 seconds into sudden-death overtime to give the Lakers a non-conference win over the Dutchwomen.

Emily Pinto scored twice in the first period for Mercyhurst (8-4-1). Emma Michalicka got Union (2-10-2) on the board with 7:30 left in the first.

Grace Heiting tied it for the Dutchwomen with 6:13 remaining in the second period, but Alexa Vasko regained the lead for the Lakers late in the period.

Maia Martinez’s goal 6:38 into the third made it 3-3.

Union 1 1 1 0 — 3
Mercyhurst 2 1 0 1 — 4
First Period — 1, Mercyhurst, Pinto 3 (Dobson, Rhéaume), 1:21. 2, Mercyhurst, Pinto 4 (Dobson, Marmen) 8:27. 3, Union, Michalicka 1 (Merlo), 12:30. Penalties — Harris, Uni (tripping), 13:56.
Second Period — 4, Union, Heiting 3 (Sonntag), 13:47. 5, Mercyhurst, Vasko 5 (Isbell, Nuutinen), 17:16. Penalties — Russ, Uni (interference), 5:24; Perreault, Mer (checking), 14:14; Herrfort, Uni (high-sticking), 15:14; Knott, Mer (hooking), 20:00.
Third Period — 6, Union, Martinez 1 (Ryan, de Perio), 6:38 (pp). Penalties — Cole, Mer (checking), 3:49; Cole, Mer (tripping), 6:01; King, Uni (checking), 10:00; Michalicka, Uni (high-sticking), 13:56; Knott, Mer (checking), 17:17.
Overtime — 7, Mercyhurst, Dobson 7 (Knott), :36. Penalties — None.
Shots on Goal — Union 6-8-6-0 — 20. Mercyhurst 15-13-7-1 — 36.
Power-play opportunities — Union 1 of 5; Mercyhurst 0 of 5.
Goalies — Union, McKee 2-7-2 (36 shots-32 saves). Mercyhurst, Blair 8-4-1 (20-17).
A — 678. T — 2:05.
Referees — Jodi Price, Garrett S Gaydosh. Linesmen — Jacqueline Howard, Mackenzie McGuire.

BEMIDJI STATE 2, RPI 0

TROY — The Engineers were shut out for the eighth time in 16 games this season as they lost to the Beavers.

Goalie Ena Nystrom made 43 saves for RPI (0-15-1), which managed just six shots on goal.

Bemidji State 1 1 0 — 2
RPI 0 0 0 — 0
First Period — 1, Bemidji State, DeGeorge 2 (Mack, Langei), 5:52. Penalties — Beebe, BS (hooking), 6:30; DeLaRosa, BS (checking), 16:00.
Second Period — 2, Bemidji State, Kaasa 2 (Langei, Radke), 8:49 (pp). Penalties — Severson, RPI (checking), 8:14; Langei, BS (holding), 11:51.
Third Period — None. Penalties — Dalby, RPI (tripping), 2:29; Ondrick, RPI (interference), 14:58; Severson, RPI (boarding), 17:51.
Shots on Goal – Bemidji State 9-21-15 — 45. RPI 0-4-2 — 6.
Power-play opportunities — Bemidji State 1 of 4; RPI 0 of 3.
Goalies — Bemidji State, Bench 5-6-0 (6 shots-6 saves). RPI, Nystrom 0-10-1 (45-43).
A — 55. T — 2:03.
Referees — Matt Lowe, Jim Curtin. Linesmen — Matthew Potrzeba, Christopher Hunter.